Carl Yastrzemski Day Signed Poster And Collection Of Red Sox
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Carl Yastrzemski Day Signed Poster And Collection Of Red Sox
Scorebooks. We offer a rare 22" x 17" poster given to the
Fenway faithful on " Yaz Day" Oct. 1,1983. Yaz added a bold blue
sharpie signature to the poster across his left shoulder. Also
included in this lot are 25 vintage scorebooks from the late 70's
most with ticket stub attached to front cover. Yastrzemski enjoyed
his best season in 1967 , when he won the MVP, and Triple Crown
with a .326 batting average, 44 home runs and 121 RBIs
.Yastrzemski's Triple Crown win in 1967 is the last time a major
league hitter has accomplished the near impossible feat.
1967 was the season of the "Impossible Dream" for the Red Sox
(referring to the hit song from the musical play Man of La
Mancha , who rebounded from a ninth-place finish a year before
to win the American League pennant (their first since 1946 on the
last day of the season. With the Red Sox battling as part of a
four-team pennant race, Yastrzemski hit .513 (23 hits in 44 at
bats) with five home runs and 16 runs batted in over the last two
weeks of the season. In that season, Yastrzemski also won the
Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year and Sports
Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year Award.